Responsibility for sea defence and drainage in coastal regions since the early thirteenth century had been allocated to ad hoc Commissions
Rice bridge is the earliest recorded crossing point on the river now known as the Holland Brook, and one of the furthest inland. It was in existenc
Fan bridge is the second earliest rcorded crossing point on the river now known as Holland Brook (formerly Holland River).
The Gunfleet was the name of the large estuary fed by the Holland River or brook, which formerly ran into the sea between Frinton and Little Hollan
